Individual Details
Betty Ruth FURR
(15 Dec 1929 - 18 Oct 2008)
Events
| Birth | 15 Dec 1929 | Moore County, NC |  | ||
| Marriage | 9 Apr 1945 | Marlboro County, SC - Herbert Cecil SHEFFIELD | | ||
| Marriage | 14 Oct 1975 | Newport News, Newport News (city), VA - William Burnett HARRISON | | ||
| Death | 18 Oct 2008 | Newport News, Newport News (city), VA |  | | |
| Burial | Hampton Memorial Gardens, Hampton, Hampton (city), VA | |
Families
| Spouse | Herbert Cecil SHEFFIELD (1925 - 1991) |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | William Burnett HARRISON (1922 - 1996) |
| Father | William Upshur "Will" FURR (1886 - 1946) |
| Mother | Flossie Jane SAUNDERS (1893 - 1959) |
| Sibling | Reid FURR (1908 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Pearlie Jane FURR (1909 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Carl Daniel FURR (1911 - 1951) |
| Sibling | Willie Mae FURR (1913 - 1962) |
| Sibling | Archie Lee FURR (1915 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Robert Paul FURR (1917 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Neil Edward FURR (1919 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Edna Lucille FURR (1922 - 1978) |
| Sibling | James Carson FURR (1924 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Richard FURR (1925 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Margaret Marie FURR (1927 - 2017) |
| Sibling | Helen Florence FURR (1935 - 2007) |
Notes
Death
HAMPTON - Betty Ruth Harrison, 78, passed away Saturday, Oct. 18, 2008, at Riverside Hospital after a brief illness. Betty was born on Dec. 15, 1929, in Moore County, N.C., to the late William and Flossie Furr. She was a homemaker and wonderful mother, sister, grandmother and friend to all. Betty was an active member of Faith Baptist Church. She was predeceased by her loving husband, William Harrison. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Barbara Green of Florence, S.C., Wanda Sheffield of Chesapeake, and her husband, Charles Himelright, Debbie Pate of Midlothian, and her husband, Gene, and her 'Chosen' daughter, Pat Davis of Hampton. A sister, Margaret Harris, of North Carolina; three grandchildren, Mandy Pate of Midlothian, Lisa Green of South Carolina and Shane Green of Indianapolis, and many loving nieces and nephews. A visitation for family and friends will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Peninsula Funeral Home. A Funeral Service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Peninsula Funeral Home, burial to follow at Hampton Memorial Gardens. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia, October 20, 2008
Endnotes
1. North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005.
2. "South Carolina, County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C11T-GKN2 : Tue Jul 23 18:21:36 UTC 2024).
3. "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1989", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9X-PGDH : Sat Mar 09 00:42:08 UTC 2024).
4. Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia, October 20, 2008.
5. , findagrave.com (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).